An answer to questions about marriages between Christians and heathens posed by the Basel Committee (see Anum letter no. 118). The answer is roughly the same as for Anum, though more detailed. Dieterle and Eisenschmid had both advised him in the…
He has been in the habit of allowing the costs of 8-10 loads for younger catechists, and 10-12 loads for older ones. This allows them to take provisions with them, salt, parrafin, mattresses. Any child is allocated one load. He would like also a rule…
In a short letter about approved scales of furniture for catechists etc. houses, Ramseyer suggests that these be increased - they cannot expect the catechist to sleep on the approved bed stead without wanting one for his wife, similarly rather than…
Forwarding Hall's report (see No. 119), and more or less unconditionally applying on behalf of Buem for Clerk's transfer there with a catechist. He seems to accept Hall's judgement, cites as impressive the request from Akpanya of Borada, and the…
Reports a heavy storm at Anum, and the damage caused by lightening at the Mission House. He himself was knocked out for a period after being struck by lightening.
Replying to the Basel Committee Protocol Paragraph 89 (4th February 1891) on marriages between Christians and heathens. The Station's Conference advices that these have to be sanctioned in new community where the Christian men have no Christian girls…
On crossing the Abo he talks about reaching the 'German fatherland” and the “German soil”. Martin's box carrier was from one of the Sohai villages, a converted fetish priest aged 32 years, who since his conversion had been in Anum attending the…
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